Category Archives: Design

virgin-glass-bottom-plane

A Glass-Bottomed Plane? Why Not?

Friday: Design & Co. It was an April’s Fool, but what if it were to become reality? Haha! Guess what? No passengers anymore would get up and go to the toilet! I find it hilarious. What am I talking about?

virgin-glass-bottom-plane

A Glass-Bottomed Plane? Why Not?

Friday: Design & Co. It was an April’s Fool, but what if it were to become reality? Haha! Guess what? No passengers anymore would get up and go to the toilet! I find it hilarious. What am I talking about?

2012

Thank you WordPress for putting this together for me! “2012 in review” and Happy New Year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 50,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this

2012

Thank you WordPress for putting this together for me! “2012 in review” and Happy New Year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 50,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this

Happy Birthday to the blog! Celebrating almost 50,000 views!

Happy birthday to the blog! It has been a year since this blog has come to life.. exactly 14 December 2011. A lot of music, art, photography, architecture, design and politics has flown from the world into this blog and

Happy Birthday to the blog! Celebrating almost 50,000 views!

Happy birthday to the blog! It has been a year since this blog has come to life.. exactly 14 December 2011. A lot of music, art, photography, architecture, design and politics has flown from the world into this blog and

The Hear Heres by Studio Weave

The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!

Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative

The Hear Heres by Studio Weave

The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!

Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative

São Paulo's Phone Booth

Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths

São Paulo's Phone Booth

Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths

Zaha Hadid Z Boat

The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid

Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer

Zaha Hadid Z Boat

The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid

Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer

Pixar Studios and random guy :D

PIXAR: A story in 2 min 12 sec

Friday: DESIGN & Co. What is the story behind “the” lamp? What is the story behind one of the logos which we love so much? It was 1986 and Steve Jobs purchased the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and established an

Pixar Studios and random guy :D

PIXAR: A story in 2 min 12 sec

Friday: DESIGN & Co. What is the story behind “the” lamp? What is the story behind one of the logos which we love so much? It was 1986 and Steve Jobs purchased the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and established an

LEGO TV Show Characters by JVM

Imagine: the LEGO ads!

FRIDAY: Design (it’s always so cool!) There’s a high chance that you’ve seen this already, but maybe not. So let me share with you one of the coolest ads ever. So what is it that I’m talking about? It’s a

LEGO TV Show Characters by JVM

Imagine: the LEGO ads!

FRIDAY: Design (it’s always so cool!) There’s a high chance that you’ve seen this already, but maybe not. So let me share with you one of the coolest ads ever. So what is it that I’m talking about? It’s a

Ubooly

Help Ubooly come to life!

FRIDAY: Design! Ubooly!! Ubooly, the iPhone cuddly creature Ubooly is a fun little cuddly creature, it is a talking soft toy! By inserting your iPhone or iPod touch, Ubooly comes to life and interacts with you, stimulating your intelligence. Ubooly is powered

Ubooly

Help Ubooly come to life!

FRIDAY: Design! Ubooly!! Ubooly, the iPhone cuddly creature Ubooly is a fun little cuddly creature, it is a talking soft toy! By inserting your iPhone or iPod touch, Ubooly comes to life and interacts with you, stimulating your intelligence. Ubooly is powered

Futuristic Flying Transportation Concept by Anoop M

Futuristic Flying Transportation, just like The Jetsons!

FRIDAY: Deeeesign! Today’s post is definitely going to be one of my favorites! I have honestly been waiting for this since I was a kid loving The Jetsons on Cartoon Network! Do you remember The Jetsons? Hanna-Barbera’s space age counterpart to

Futuristic Flying Transportation Concept by Anoop M

Futuristic Flying Transportation, just like The Jetsons!

FRIDAY: Deeeesign! Today’s post is definitely going to be one of my favorites! I have honestly been waiting for this since I was a kid loving The Jetsons on Cartoon Network! Do you remember The Jetsons? Hanna-Barbera’s space age counterpart to

Sand Glass LED Traffic Lights

Sand Glass LED Traffic Lights

FRIDAY: Design & Co. Wait.. Ready???? GOOOOOO!!! A new way of understanding the design of traffic lights. Today’s designer is Thanva Tivawong. Those traffic lights are called  Sand Glass and get their inspiration from the timeless hour glass. It works like an

Sand Glass LED Traffic Lights

Sand Glass LED Traffic Lights

FRIDAY: Design & Co. Wait.. Ready???? GOOOOOO!!! A new way of understanding the design of traffic lights. Today’s designer is Thanva Tivawong. Those traffic lights are called  Sand Glass and get their inspiration from the timeless hour glass. It works like an

Stefán Pétur Sólveigarson - I could eat a horse

Pasta lovers, this is for you!

FRIDAY: DESIGN & Co. (I LOVE DESIGN!) Spaghetti with a wonderful fresh tomato sauce, ripe tomatoes, basil, a bit of chilly and a hint of garlicy flavor and then on top freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano, oh, wonderful! But the problem

Stefán Pétur Sólveigarson - I could eat a horse

Pasta lovers, this is for you!

FRIDAY: DESIGN & Co. (I LOVE DESIGN!) Spaghetti with a wonderful fresh tomato sauce, ripe tomatoes, basil, a bit of chilly and a hint of garlicy flavor and then on top freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano, oh, wonderful! But the problem

Soft Rocker image by Philip Ropert, courtesy of MIT

Soft Rocker = MIT Students are amazing!

FRIDAY: Design! It is not the first time MIT students are the center topic of the day in my blog. In one of my very first posts in fact I introduced MIT’s Agnes suit to make you feel like you’re

Soft Rocker image by Philip Ropert, courtesy of MIT

Soft Rocker = MIT Students are amazing!

FRIDAY: Design! It is not the first time MIT students are the center topic of the day in my blog. In one of my very first posts in fact I introduced MIT’s Agnes suit to make you feel like you’re

Hyde Park, London by Roberta Cucchiaro through Disposable Hipstamatic iPhone app

App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App

FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,

Hyde Park, London by Roberta Cucchiaro through Disposable Hipstamatic iPhone app

App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App

FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,

New London Buses by Heatherwick studio

The NEW London buses!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. New year, new buses.. With the new year London has introduced a new design for their famous red double-decker buses. While before it was like this: Now it’s going to look like this: The new design

New London Buses by Heatherwick studio

The NEW London buses!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. New year, new buses.. With the new year London has introduced a new design for their famous red double-decker buses. While before it was like this: Now it’s going to look like this: The new design

The Numberlys

The Numberlys: I love them so much!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. Yesterday (and also today and also tomorrow and the day after tomorrow) was a great day for all the fans of digital animation as Moonbot Studios released their latest story app: The Numberlys. The Numberlys!!! The Numberlys is

The Numberlys

The Numberlys: I love them so much!

FRIDAY: Design & Co. Yesterday (and also today and also tomorrow and the day after tomorrow) was a great day for all the fans of digital animation as Moonbot Studios released their latest story app: The Numberlys. The Numberlys!!! The Numberlys is

Roman countryside - photo by Roberta Cucchiaro using Photosynth

App review: Photosynth

FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) I just recently found out about an amazing iPhone app, amazing, incredible. It has always been one of my photography-dreams to have the wide-angle lens and be able to capture with one shot

Roman countryside - photo by Roberta Cucchiaro using Photosynth

App review: Photosynth

FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) I just recently found out about an amazing iPhone app, amazing, incredible. It has always been one of my photography-dreams to have the wide-angle lens and be able to capture with one shot

Tèo by Alessi

2011 in Design

FRIDAY: Design! It’s Friday and it’s almost the end of 2011. At the end of a year I have never before put together the best and worst creations of the year and sum up a year worth of ideas, however

Tèo by Alessi

2011 in Design

FRIDAY: Design! It’s Friday and it’s almost the end of 2011. At the end of a year I have never before put together the best and worst creations of the year and sum up a year worth of ideas, however

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Top 10 crazy (but eco!) Christmas Trees

FRIDAY: Curiosities!! It’s Christmas.. ..and time for the Eco-trees!!! It’s Christmas, and those past weeks trees have not been spending many happy days in their green forests.. except a few which have been spared and replaced by CRAZY Christmas trees

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Top 10 crazy (but eco!) Christmas Trees

FRIDAY: Curiosities!! It’s Christmas.. ..and time for the Eco-trees!!! It’s Christmas, and those past weeks trees have not been spending many happy days in their green forests.. except a few which have been spared and replaced by CRAZY Christmas trees

Agnes

Want to feel like you’re 70?

FRIDAY: DID YOU KNOW?? Understanding the needs of our aging population is not easy but it should definitely be one of our priorities in order to make the life of our grandparents easier and more fun. MIT’s Agelab has addressed

Agnes

Want to feel like you’re 70?

FRIDAY: DID YOU KNOW?? Understanding the needs of our aging population is not easy but it should definitely be one of our priorities in order to make the life of our grandparents easier and more fun. MIT’s Agelab has addressed

Roberta Cucchiaro

About:

Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Roberta Cucchiaro, I’m Italian, from the North of Italy, lived (and still living) abroad most of my life, a world citizen, a crazy traveller and a photogrer in the heart. This

Roberta Cucchiaro

About:

Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Roberta Cucchiaro, I’m Italian, from the North of Italy, lived (and still living) abroad most of my life, a world citizen, a crazy traveller and a photogrer in the heart. This